The first metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Gambi, Cristina ^a   Heiner, Iben ^b   Møbjerg Kristensen, Reinhardt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; LORICIFERA; METAZOA; PLICILORICUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GENETICS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 77950547646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-30     Document Type: Article

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